Atlantic 75-class lifeboat

The Atlantic 75 is the second-generation Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) in the B-class series of Inshore lifeboats that were operated around the shores of the British Isles and the Channel Islands by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) between 1993 and 2021. This lifeboat was a development of, and gradually replaced, the lifeboat, and was superseded by the lifeboat.

Description The Atlantic 75 has Hypalon-coated nylon inflatable sponsons. Changing from the grey of the Atlantic 21, all Atlantic 75 sponsons are orange. A conical diaphragm is placed between sections of the sponson, to transfer pressure should damage or leaking occur. The lifeboat has a moulded fibreglass rigid hull, topped with a marine plywood deck, with fuel tanks under the deck. The crew seats are mounted on a fibreglass centre console. A tubular aluminium roll-bar carries communication aerials for GPS satellite navigation and VHF radio, and an inflatable airbag for self-righting. The twin Evinrude 70-hp engines were modified at the RNLI's Inshore Lifeboat Centre at Cowes to prevent water ingress in case of capsize, and allow restart. A tubular mast is provided to mount navigation lights and an emergency blue light.

One of the main improvements made to the Atlantic 75 is the addition of a ballast tank at the front of the boat which enables the boat to launch into larger surf than the Atlantic 21. This tank is filled by a water scoop between the engines; it keeps the bow of the lifeboat weighed down, allowing higher speeds.

All of the following fleet details are referenced to the Lifeboat Enthusiasts' Society Handbook, published annually, with information retrieved directly from RNLI records.

Atlantic 75 fleet Op. No. Name Station CommentsSusan Peacock 1992–1996 TrialsPrototype Atlantic 75. Later renamed Vixen, with Poole Harbour Commission 1996–1997 1997–2003 Relief fleet 2003 2003 Relief fleet 2003–2004 2004–2005 Relief fleet 2005 2006–2009 Training fleetB-701Gordon England 1994–2001 Relief fleet 2001–2002 2002–2005 Relief fleet 2005–2007 B-702Manchester Unity of Oddfellows 1994–2007 First Atlantic 75 to be officially placed on service 2007–2012 Enniskillin (Lower)B-703Jason Logg 1994–2007 Sold 2013 2008–2013 Enniskillin (Upper)B-704Enid Mary 1994–2007 2021, Sold to the Finnish Lifeboat Institute. Served in Tampere from 2012 to 2022 and moved to Iisalmi in 2023. 2007–2009 Relief fleet 2009–2011 Training fleetB-705Vera Skilton 1994–1997 Relief fleetSold 2010 1997 1997–2003 Relief fleet 2003 2003–2004 Relief fleet 2004 2005–2007 2007–2010 B-706 Blue Peter V 1994–2009 Sold 2011 2009–2011 Training fleetB-707Mercurious 1994–2007 To National Maritime Museum, Falmouth 2015 2007–2008 Relief fleet 2008–2011 2011–2015 Relief fleetB-708Bessie 1994–2007 2007–2008 Relief fleet 2008–2012 2012–2013 Relief fleet Spirit of Hornsea 2013–2019 Hornsea Inshore RescueB-709Lucy Beryl 1995–2001 Relief fleet2011, Sold to Finnish Lifeboat Institution, Kaskinen Finland 2001–2002 2002–2007 Relief fleet 2007–2011 Training fleetB-710Friendly Forrester II 1995–2008 Sold 2013. 2008–2009 Relief fleet 2009–2012 2012–2013 Relief fleetB-711Helene 1995–2009 Sold in Holland 2012. 2009–2012 Training fleetB-712Betty Battle 1995–2009 Sold to ICE-SAR 2010, at Eyrarbakki, Iceland. 2009–2010 Relief fleetB-713OEM Stone I 1995–2008 Relief fleetWith Dorset Police (P003) 2008 2008–2009 Relief fleetB-714Spirit of Cumbria 1995–2008 Sold to KNRM 2010 2008–2009 Relief fleetB-715Phyllis 1995–2007 Sold to KNRM 2012 2007–2008 Relief fleet 2008 2008–2009 Relief fleet 2009–2012 Training fleetB-716 1995–1999 Relief fleetCapsize Training boat at RNLI College Gordon Mote 1999–2017 RNLI CollegeB-717Daisy Aitken 1995–2007 Sold to ICE-SAR, at Skagaströnd. 2007 2007–2009 Relief fleet 2009 Training fleetB-718Rotaract I 1995–1996 Relief fleetSold to ICE-SAR 1996–1998 1998–2002 Relief fleet 2002 2002–2008 Relief fleet 2008–2009 2009 Training fleetB-719 1995–2009 Sold to ICE-SAR 2009 Training fleetB-720Frederick Robertson 1995–2009 2009–2012 Training fleetB-721Rock Light 1996–2009 Sold to ICE-SAR, at Keflavik 2009 Relief fleetB-722Beatrice Dorothy 1996–1998 Relief fleetDorset Police (P-006) at 2012 Summer Olympics in Weymouth. Last reported with Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK - Marine Conservation Charity 1998 1998–2010 Relief fleet 2010–2013 Hired to Dorset Police (P-006)B-723Walters Lifeboat 1996–2009 Relief fleet 2009 2009-2011 Relief fleetB-724Rotarian Dennis Cullen 1996–2008 Relief fleet 2008-2010 Training fleet 2010-2014 Relief fleetB-725Spirit of Penarth 1996–2010 2010–2012 Relief fleetB-726Giles 1996–2009 2009–2013 B-727Commander & Mrs Rodney Wells 1996–2010 2010–2011 Relief fleetB-728Dorothy Mary 1996–2010 2010–2012 Relief fleet 2012-2014 B-729Rose West 1996–2010 2010–2011 Relief fleet 2011–2013 Portishead Lifeboat TrustB-730CSMA-Frizell 1996–2010 2010–2012 Relief fleet 2012 Training fleetB-731Dorothy Selina 1997–2010 Bought by Nisos Yacht Charter as support vessel in the Ionian Islands, Greece 2010–2011 Relief fleet 2011–2014 B-732Elizabeth Ann 1997–2007 Relief fleet 2007–2008 2008–2009 Relief fleet 2009–2012 Hired to Dorset PoliceB-733Brandy Hole 1997–2011 2011–2012 Relief fleet 2012–2013 Training fleet 2013–2015 Portishead Lifeboat TrustB-734Amy Constance 1997–2002 Relief fleet 2002 2002–2004 2004 2004–2005 2005–2008 Relief fleet 2008–2009 2009–2010 Relief fleet 2010–2012 Training fleet Haverigg Rescue 2013–2017 B-735Donald and Ethel Macrae 1997–2012 Last reported as a private pleasure boat in the Isles of Scilly 2012–2014 Training fleetB-736Toshiba Wave Warrior 1997–2002 Relief fleet 2002–2004 2004–2007 Relief fleet 2007–2008 2008 Relief fleet 2008 2008–2009 Relief fleet 2009–2010 Training fleet 2010–2012 B-737Thelma Glossop 1997–2011 2011–2013 B-738 Dochas 1997–2010 Withdrawn from service as uneconomic repair. Sold as repairable to Private owner in Netherlands.B-739Peggy Keith Learmond 1997–2011 Sold to ICE-SAR, at Húsavík 2011–2012 Relief fleetB-740Alexander Cattanach 1997–2011 2011–2013 Relief fleet 2013–2014 B-741Pearl of Dorset 1997–2012 2012–2014 Relief fleetB-742Douglas Paley 1997–2012 2012 Relief fleet 2012–2015 2015–2016 Relief fleetB-743Alex & Maime Preston 1998–2012 Last reported on service with Red Cross in Biscay, Basque Country 2012–2013 Relief fleetB-744Robert George Alexander 1998–2012 Now on service with Red Cross in Biscay, Basque Country 2012–2013 Relief fleetB-745CSMA 75th Anniversary 1998–2012 2012–2013 Relief fleet 2013–2015 Training fleet B-746 Phyl Clare 3 1998–2015 B-747Rockabill 1998–2012 Last reported on service in Lesbos, Greece with HRT 2012–2013 Relief fleet 2013–2015 2015–2017 Relief fleetB-748Bickerstaffe 1998–2013 2013–2014 Relief fleet 2014–2016 Training fleet B-749 D J S Haverhill 1998–2011 Sold to ICE-SAR, at ReykjavíkB-750Leslie Tranmer 1998–2013 2013–2015 Relief fleet 2015–2017 Training fleetB-751Benjamin Dowing Fairbridge 1999–2013 2013–2015 Enniskillin (Upper)B-752Tanni Grey 1999–2013 2013–2014 Relief fleetB-753City of Bradford V 1999–2001 Relief fleetLast reported on service in Lesbos, Greece, with HRT 2001–2002 2002–2009 Relief fleet 2009 2009–2012 Relief fleet 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014–2016 Relief fleetB-754Pride of Sherwood 1999–2000 Relief fleet 2000–2001 2001 Relief fleet 2001–2002 2002–2012 Relief fleet 2012–2013 2013–2016 Relief fleetB-755London's Anniversary 175 1999–2003 Relief fleet 2003 2003–2012 Relief fleet 2012–2013 2013–2014 Relief fleet 2014–2015 (BB) 2015–2016 2016 Relief fleetB-756Eve Pank 1999–2005 Relief fleetSold to the Finnish Lifeboat Institution, SMPS, last reported at Naantali as PV Reka, callsign VLS4984. 2005–2007 2007–2019 B-757Miss Miriam and Miss Nellie Garbutt 1999–2010 Relief fleet 2010–2011 2011–2015 Relief fleetB-758Sandwell Lifeline 1999–2016 2016–2017 Relief fleetB-759Spirit of Clovelly 1999–2014 2014–2015 Relief fleet 2015 2015–2018 Relief fleetB-760Alice and Charles 1999–2013 2013–2016 2016–2017 Relief fleet B-761 Dignity 2000–2014 B-762Jack & Joyce Burcombe 2000–2004 Relief fleet 2004–2007 2007–2014 Relief fleet 2014–2017 Sea Weaver 2021– Hemsby LifeboatB-763Colin James Daniel 2000–2013 2013–2018 B-764Oxford Town & Gown 2000–2014 2014–2015 Relief fleet B-765 Bob Turnbull 2000–2014 B-766BBC Radio Cleveland 2000–2015 2015–2017 Relief fleet Haverigg Inshore 2017– Haverigg Inshore RescueB-767Maritime Nation 2000–2002 Relief fleetSold to ICE-SAR, at Suðureyri 2002 2002–2014 Relief fleet 2014–2017 (Eval.)B-768Blue Peter II 2000–2010 2010 Relief fleet 2010–2011 B-769Coventry & Warwickshire 2001–2005 Last reported with Falkland Islands Fire and Rescue Service, February 2022 2005–2006 2006–2008 Relief fleet 2008–2018 B-770The Boys Brigade 2001–2014 Arran (Lamlash) 2014–2015 Relief fleet 2015 2015–2017 Relief fleet 2017–2018 Training fleetB-771The Moray Dolphin 2002–2014 2014–2016 Relief fleetB-772The Eric Rowse 2001–2010 Now with Toila SAR 2010–2014 Relief fleet 2014–2019 B-773Duckhams 2001 2001–2015 Relief fleet 2015–2017 Enniskillen (upper) Spirit of Hornsea 2019–2024 Hornsea Inshore RescueB-774Braemar 2001–2014 Relief fleet 2014 2014–2015 Relief fleet 2015–2021 B-775Millennium Forrester 2001–2004 Relief fleet 2004–2018 2018 (Eval.)B-776Vic and Billie Whiffen 2001–2015 2015–2016 Relief fleet 2016–2019 (Eval.)B-777Leicester Challenge II 2001–2012 2012–2014 Relief fleet 2014–2018 B-778Joan Mary 2002–2015 2021, Sold to the Finnish Lifeboat Institution. Last reported as a training and backup boat in Bågaskär training center. 2015–2017 B-779Blue Peter I 2002–2016 2016–2017 Relief fleet 2017–2019 Training fleetB-780Patricia Jennings 2002–2016 Transferred to Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service 2016–2018 B-781Elsinore 2002–2015 2015–2019 B-782Miss Betty 2002–2016 2016–2017 Relief fleet 2017–2019 2019–2020 Relief fleetB-783Dorothy and Katherine Barr II 2002–2015 2015–2016 BB-783 2016–2023 Boarding Boat ()B-784Victor "Danny" Lovelock 2002–2015 2015–2020 Relief fleet Spirit of the West Wight IV 2020–2024 Freshwater Bay B-785 Fred Clarke 2002–2021 Last Atlantic 75 on RNLI Service B-786 Seahorse IV 2002–2017 Written offB-787Paul Alexander 2002–2016 2016–2018 Relief fleet 2018–2020 B-788Pride of Leicester 2002–2016 2016–2017 Relief fleet 2017–2021 B-789Sure and Steadfast 2003–2018 2018–2019 Relief Fleet 2019–2021 B-790Margaret Bench of Solihull 2002–2015 2021, Sold to the Finnish Lifeboat Institution. 2015–2017 Relief fleet 2017–2021 B-791 Gladys Winifred Tiffney 2002–2017 Transferred to Merseyside Fire and Rescue ServiceB-792Joseph and Mary Hiley 2002–2008 Relief fleet 2008–2012 Training fleet 2012–2018 Enniskillen (Lower)B-793Alan and Margaret 2003–2016 2016–2018 Relief fleet 2018–2019 B-794Joan Bate 2003–2018 2018-2019 (Eval.) 2020-2021 B-795Staines Whitfield 2004–2018 2018-2019 Relief fleet 2019-2020 B-796Miss Sally Anne (Baggy) 2003–2018 2018-2019 Relief Fleet 2019

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RNLI Fleet: B-class (Atlantic) Atlantic 75 class lifeboat at Burnham-on-Crouch RNLI Lifeboat Station